RAW Scenic Kayaking - Big Bend (3 Days in Santa Elena Canyon) 

So much great footage doesn't make the final video! Want to see more of these RAW edits?

This was one of my favorite videos you have done. Really liked how you did the captioning. The trivia about the river and your thoughts about what you and your group were feeling at the moment added a lot to the story. Also liked the music ... really set the tone for the video. We are going to Big Bend this spring to Kayak the Rio / Santa Elena ... can't wait to see this first hand.

Another great adventure there Gatewood thanks for sharing

Easily my favorite video from you so far. Beautiful. Just discovered your channel a few weeks ago. Thanks for sharing these adventures with us 👍

Very calming!

Tell the guy that commented on your go pros that those are for our benefit. We need to see all the views. Beautiful trip. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed that. Although I do love your Narrated story videos too! I took your advice and got the Aquabound paddle and man oh man, it is amazing and will never go back!!!

This was a great video. You do such a great job of putting us on the adventure with you. So much fun. And I love the Big Bend area. It's such a magical place.

Blooper reels and raw edits are where it’s at for outdoor videos! Love the content brother! Keep on yakin

Great video as always amigo! You're editing skills are awesome, I would love to learn how to edit half as good as you. Haha. Thanks for top notch content. It's fun watching you and your friends embark on epic adventures

This is a Bucket List trip if I've ever seen one. Awesome work again Gatewood!

this is so insane!

This was good! I also think you do a great job of mixing music in and narrating in your other videos.

Amazing canyon. I was on a rafting trip in the early 1990s and the water was level was much higher

The sights in that place are incredible, those rock scapes are amazing and it looks like such a great place to kayak. Great video!

It’s gotta be RU-vid algorithm not giving you viewers cause you have the best videos on RU-vid for this type of stuff….by far. And it took me 11 days to find your video and that’s only because I searched your channel specifically. If there’s anything we can do to help promote your page let us know in a video.

incredible video!

Dope spot and trip

This is just beautiful, man. Thanks for deciding/realizing that all this "extra" footage is still totally worth a video, I love this kind of stuff.

Not gonna lie I actually like to sleep to these kinds of videos 🤣 (kayaking sounds) currently it's a jazz, fireplace, thunderstorm video. I like these water sounds 💕! You're so very lucky to get to do this @1:26 @4:22 @10:21 BEAUTIFUL!!!!

super cool :)

Awesome video, Gatewood. My wife and I were just admiring that time lapse of the night sky. We have long dreamed of carrying our convertible teardrop camper to Big Bend and sleeping under the stars with the top rolled back. This video has me looking in to getting the old girl road worthy for about a 3,000 mile road trip. I built the teardrop in May of 2013, so this is her 10th summer. She's been from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes, and the Mountains of Virginia to the plains of Missouri. All with little work. She is still running the $10 used tires that were only meant to last a summer. And the top is made out of vinyl from a "$3.99 Foot Long Subway" billboard that was a typo. LOL! It may be time for some upgrades and start making some plans for a road trip. Thanks! LOl!

I love this so much! Love your commentary as well, but this was cool and different!

Definitely wanna do that place

You should look into kayak the chain of lakes in Michigan. 12 lakes that are connected all by rivers that you can kayak down. Very Beautiful. About 3 day trip

Cool! I really like this kind of life and I hope to travel outside as you are.

We just got back from the McDonald observatory. Heading to Big bend within the next week.

I just found Your channel yesterday and honestly its awesome 👌. Keep up great work dude some adventures are kick ass adventures 🥳🥳🥳

Soooo beautiful. I don't see myself doing this with my fiance right now, with the equipment (inflatable tandem kayak) and the cardio that I am in... Started the gym to rectify that in the future though. But this looks like a fantastic trip. Bucket list, no doubt! Thanks for sharing! Giving me hope that it'll happen one day!! Keep up the amazing work!

Perfect video, the view was amazing😍😍😍. THank you for great video.Please share more video.❤️

that sky tho!

Gatewood, I loved this video and its very inspirational!!! I love the Big Bend and I have backpacked through the Chisos many times in my younger years... But I am older now and can't really haul a heavy pack through the mountains anymore, so I am thinking of taking up kayaking. And YOU and your great videos are very much responsible for that!!!! Damn you Gatewood ( Ha ha )!! So I was looking at Kayaks and I was strongly considering your Sportsmans 120... I figured that with your experience, if you had picked that one, it must be an outstanding option... HOWEVER, I am 66, 5' 10" and 225 lbs and I really wanted something lighter that would be easier for me to paddle upstream (if need be), and pull up out of the water and onto my car by myself. So I just bought a Pongo 125. It can't carry as much cargo as yours, but it should be able to carry enough quality light weigh gear for me to go paddling anywhere here in Texas for two or three days in a row... Don't you think? Anyway, SPEAKING OF GOING ANYWHERE; The drug cartels control the entire US/ Mexico borders. Are you aware of any issues traveling the Rio Grande along the BIG BEND area or is that pretty much too far out of their way for those "A-holes" to bother??? Again thanks for your great videos (that just caused me to spend over 1000 bucks on a canoe - Damn you again Gatewood!!!! Ha ha ha!!), and I would appreciate your insights on the Pungo 125 if you have any. Take care my friend. Gene

You should also hit the Devils river

👋😎👍 hey amigo! your vids are primo quality!! have a great weekend !@

Sure do miss your videos

Wow so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

When we were at Big Bend National Park last April there was barely any flow through Santa Elena Canyon. Still looks very low. Really cool video.

Love the feeling of being immersed into the video! I am from Minnesota and was wondering if you have ever been up here? I think canoeing or kayaking the Boundary Waters up north would make for another stunning video.

Man! GREAT way to end my work week-with a Gatewood Brown video! Truly makes my week-especially the day before I go on another of my own kayak adventures! Tomorrow I’m using an Aqua Bound Manta Ray paddle that I picked up a month ago. How do you like that Aqua Bound in this video? What model is it? All the best and thanks for all you do for our sport Curt

If you haven't tried it, try the Boundary Waters up in Minnesota, probably a lot more bugs and greener then Texas, but just as beautiful. Question?: what do you recommend for a pull behind for camping gear, when traveling with four or more people, I thought about using my aluminum 16 ft boat, being pulled by for kayaks.

I love watchin your videos when I want to relax, they always inspire to get outside. Big Bend looks amazing

I know what to play tonight when I want to fall asleep.

Idk how I came across one of your videos and couldn’t stop watching all your RU-vid videos. AMAZING!! Great content and quality Mr. Brown. Looking forward on purchasing a kayak but haven’t done much research. Can u please tell us what’s a good kayak or kayak’s to start with that will let me do different kayaking adventures in different scenarios. I done kayaking on rental kayaks but they’re different to the ones u use in different videos. Thank u and keep doing greats videos.

New to your channel but loving it. Just checking into kayaking so find myself immersed in your content! What camera and equipment for shooting do you use? The quality is insane 🤩

BREATHTAKING BEAUTY COLORS VIEWS SCENERY VIDEO WEATHER LANDSCAPE FOOTAGE ! AWESOME AREA ! WERE THERE ANY CLEAR / STREAM ALONG THE TRIP FOR FRESH WATER ?

I loved the video just subscribed after binging what kayak were you on in the video and why did you choose this one for the trip?

Hey Gatewood! How has the hull of your old town sportsman held up to shallow rocky stretches of river and when you’ve had to drag it? Just curious if you have a keel guard on it or something like that 🤘🏻 love your work and just purchased a couple bags from remote designs 📸

Gatewood, how well is your new Old Town Sportsman 120 working out for you? I am going to buy my first Kayak and am considering that one based on your own choice of that model. Thanks!

That looked fun but was I wrong to expect no music added? I wish I could a/b compare this video with and without music. You know, the video was so good I think I'll watch it again.

So awesome! How do you get The drone shots? Are they from outside the park or is there some way to get permissions from NPS? I was wanting to take mine but saw it’s not allowed in national parks.

I dno if this is too forward but can we get married? Haha but honestly you are amazing ur aura shines through, my new obsession channel for sure ✨ 💕

Do y'all ever encounter cottonmouths? when you're in TX?

Hey man where do you get your royalty free music?

If you step foot on the Mexico side there’s no one around to see it or get you for it

Whats the brand and model of the coffee percolator that you use? Also, what coffee grinder brand/model? God bless yall.

What shoes are you wearing for this trip?

What did you do for water? I assume you cant drink that even with filters

Is there anything thats like this at all that is closer to Louisiana?

One side is the US and the other Mexico, but which is which in your video?

Are flash floods an issue?

What kind of shoes were you wearing, they seem most functional??

How long is the total trip in miles? Is it all under class II ?

could you do it downstream in a day?

I have two "dumb questions" since I am new to Kayaking; Hopefully someone here can help me out with my doubts; I don't know who else to ask... Thanks; 1. Is there a DFW area Kayaking forum geared towards camping and the kind of stuff you do going down scenic rivers, etc? I would love to join up, make new friends and learn a lot. Everything I see seems more geared towards fishing and I am not interested in that aspect of Kayaking. 2. I notice that sit-inside Kayaks have lots of bungee cords on the top front and back; It would seem to me that they would not be able to very effectively tie down your gear if it got snagged somewhere... So am I correct to assume that this is done ON PURPOSE so that your gear can break free if you got hung up somewhere on the river? I was considering adding some cleats to my new Pungo 125 in order to be able to much more securely tie down my gear... but I became concerned when I saw no one else doing that in all the videos I have watched... I figured there must be a reason. Hopefully you can clarify these doubts for me. Again, thanks, Gene

Damn water looks really low

Unfortunately mason wasn’t with you to rebuttal that guys roast

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